DOVER — The Children’s Museum of New Hampshire is gearing up for its 4th annual PizzaFest and Silent Auction, which will host a generous list of items to bid on and nearly 200 pizzas to enjoy.

Sponsored by D.F. Richard, the event welcomes parents, children, families and friends to sample pizza from a variety of restaurants in the area and vote on their favorites. While tasting plain cheese pizza to chicken alfredo pizza to 7-layer-bar dessert pizza, guests can also bid on silent auction items.

Guests can wash down the pizza this year with a Smuttynose Beer. In response to popular demand, adults will now be able to purchase Old Brown Dog Ale, Finestkind IPA, Star Island Single and other favorites from the event’s new beer sponsor, Smuttynose Brewing Company. Water and juice will also be available.

Items up for auction were generously donated by local and regional businesses and individuals and include jewelry, artwork, gift baskets, ski passes, surf lessons, yoga lessons, autographed children’s books and posted by New Hampshire illustrator Eric Ingraham, dog boarding from K9 Kaos, a ride on the Dover Fire & Rescue truck, a flight over the Seacoast with Premier Aviation and more.

The event will be held at the Children’s Museum of New Hampshire at 6 Washington St. in Dover on Friday, Nov. 16, from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Space is limited, so reserve tickets in advance by calling the museum at (603) 742-2002, by going on the museum’s website for tickets at

https://cmnh.ejoinme.org/MyPages/PizzaFestTickets2012/tabid/414561/Default.aspx or by visiting the museum’s front desk. Adult tickets are $10 in advance, children tickets are $7 and children under 3 are free. If space is available, tickets can also be purchased at the door at $12 for adults and $8 for children. All proceeds benefit the museum’s education-based programs and exhibits.